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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Five fingers/ Handprint snowman ornament

Every year I make a Christmas ornament with my kids for our tree plus one for Grandparents. My daughter made the five snowmen/hand print snowman ornament at school when she was 4 and I have always loved it. So, I decided to make it at home and am pleasantly surprised at how easy it was.

I bought the 6 red Christmas balls at Dollar Tree for $0.25!!! I went to the US on a girls weekend away a few weeks ago and I have to say I am officially jealous of all of you who live by a Dollar Tree. So the grand total for this entire project is....drum roll please....25 cents!!! 25 cents to make 2 ornaments (one from my son and one from my daughter) for me, 2 for my mom and 2 for my mother in law!! I could not be happier.

I wrote my child's name and date on the bottom so we know when it was done and by whom.

I also wrote 'Merry Christmas' on the back but you can't really see it in the picture.
Tie a ribbon around the top and you have a grandparent gift!

Enjoy!
Stephanie

A few additions to this post:
If you are doing this with really little hands, use the small ornaments and paint their hand with the paint. This will work far better.
If you don't like how the fingers look after you have put them on the ornament, you can easily wash the paint off the ornament and start over (as long as the paint is still wet). This is the joy of working with non-permanent paint :)

As someone mentioned in the comments, there is a poem that goes with this. I personally don't use it but here it is for those of you who want the poem:
These aren't just five snowmen
As anyone can see.
I made them with my hand
Which is a part of me.
Now each year when you trim the tree
You'll look back and recall
Christmas of 2010
When my hand was just this small!

What kind of paint was used? I used tempura and it's flaking. A fellow teacher suggested using acrylic and then spraying with hair spray to seal. Already did with 10 students and now need to redo them :/

I always use plastic ornaments-i usually only find them at walmart. I'm going to try acrylic paint since my washable temera is flaking off. I used to use plain tempera (instead of washable). I don't know i that's the trouble or not. Thanks!

What a creative idea. This tradition is certainly one to duplicate. Just imagine year after year adding an ornament of your child's hand. The stories...the memories. If one has many children the better because one can get BIGGER tree.

Now I dont have any children...yet, but I can see doing this with all my God children and nieces and nephew.

I tried to make this last year with my little man, who was almost one at the time, and they came out very odd. But I will be attempting each year to show how much bigger (and better) they come out! Thanks for sharing ( and reminding me)!

Thanks for reminding me about this project! I have a baby for the first time this Christmas, so I will be making some of these! Hope his hand is a little less wiggly they when we did his plaster hand prints!

Thank you for sharing this wonderfull idea - my boy and I made six this very afternoon: See my blogpost (in Norwegian - but you can look at the pictures) http://smuleblogg.blogspot.com/2010/11/de-fineste-juletrekuler.htmlThank you so very, very much

There is a cute poem that goes with this idea. I printed it on card stock.. and attached it with ribbon to the loop at the top of the ornament. Super cute idea.This is the poem:These aren't just five snowmenAs anyone can see.I made them with my handWhich is a part of me.Now each year when you trim the treeYou'll look back and recallChristmas of 2004When my hand was just this small!

So, I give ornaments to my kids every year - which is a tradition that my mother passed on (I have an ornament for every year of my life) and I am definitely doing this one this year for their ornament. I love it. Thanks!

I love that you took pictures at every step. I am linking to you from my blog at Blogs.scholastic.com Click on Nancy Jang. I am including you in my Christmas crafts post and using the photo you took to show others! Fantastic job!

ohhhh I have been searching for the perfect ornament to do a project with the kids with and I have found it yay! thanks for such a creative fun idea will definitely add this to my list of yearly traditions :) Ashley @ http://thisdixiegirlsdelights.blogspot.com/

What a great idea! I was looking for a cute, simple craft to make with my daycare kids for presents to their parents. I had the decorating the ornament idea, but I think these are much cuter than what I had pictured in my head. Thanks for sharing!

I saw this on another lady's blog she was basically giving you a shout out thinking your ideas are great, i agree i love this idea and think i will do it with my nursery class and my kiddos....i noticed that you don't have this sitehttp://goodideasandtips.com/ i have gotten so many ideas from her site and she has awesome day to day tips! I will have to add your blog to my list of things to watch thanks for the great ideas, if it weren't for chicks like you i would be lost!

Hi! I made some of these and they turned out great!You can check it out at: http://craftyladylindsay.blogspot.com/2010/12/handprint-snowman-ornaments.htmlFeel free to grab a featured button from my sidebar if you want.Thanks!Lindsay @ Diary of a Crafty Lady

I love these and tried to do it with my son last night, however we ran into a problem and I'm hoping you can tell me what to do about it! I used red glass balls and Apple Barrel white acrylic craft paint but the white paint turns pink as soon as it dries. And even after three coats of paint, the snowman are still pink! So I'm not sure if it's the paint that's not covering well or if the red glass is dyeing the paint. Any suggestions on how to make my snowman white?? Should I try a different brand of paint? Thanks!

I am sorry you are having problems with this. Have you tried to wipe the glass ball with a wet cloth to see if the red paint comes off? If the red doesn't come off, then you can assume the white paint is drying slightly opaque. I honestly don't think the red paint would bleed but you never know. I have not personally had this problem and I use the cheapest dollar store white paint. I would suggest switching white paints for a thicker kind. Sorry I can't offer any other advice. Let me know how it goes and if you get it to work.Stephanie

I had a problem tonight. I got my son to do this (almost 3) after much cajooling....and then the paint all peeled off after it dried! I used plastic balls and tempera paint. I'm assuming that I need to use a different kind of paint. Does anyone have any ideas?

Whenever we needed tempera paint to stick better on a suspect surface, we added glue. The Elmer's School glue blends in perfectly. (Mix in equal parts and you don't have to worry about any paints changing color.) Plus, you have the added bonus of being able to place little seed beads and such for the eyes, etc. Both the paint and the glue are water soluble and so the mixture still washes off easily and it is economical. Also, use a clothes pin to clip them to a "clothesline." (You may also slip a large safety pin through the little loop and close the pin over the "clothesline." they will slide around more with this method and the safety pins don't always work for the current project.) It is a perfect solution for drying all kinds of art works. You don't have to worry about the bottle, etc. tipping over or them being in the way. And by the way, we had a preschool class of sixteen making projects somewhat like this one.

How long does it take for the paint to dry? I'm thinking about doing this with my son's class for his Xmas party but want to make sure we will have enough time to have them dry and decorate them! Thanks for any help!!

Can anyone tell me how long these take to dry? I am planning on doing it with my daughter's class and I only have 15 min with each group of kids. Will they be able to do the fingerprints and then have time to decorate the snowmen once they dry...all in 15 min?

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